Monday, March 17, 2008

Tate Modern with a little Saint Pauls on the side

Today we embarked on a rather ambisious mission of going to the Tate Modern gallery in London. I have to say that it was a rather impressive site around the gallery. We road along the District line after finding out how to save money on the tube by buying an Osyter pass. It is a week long pass that allows to ride the rail and buses. Anyways...we got off at Blackfriars station and headed out.

Once we got out, we happened to see a massive chapel. Uhm yah it was St. Pauls Catherdral. holy shit it was an awesome site. you would not believe how big it was. but we couldnt go in because it was closed, too late.

Before we checked that out, we checked out the Tate. it was massive, grand and overwhelming for a non art person. But still even i could appreciate what it had to offer. We took some pics. maybe i will be able to get them up once we get home!

Now it looks like we are going to head to the Royal Albert Hall to see some world table tennis tournament! no shit, that is what we are going to do...

edit: we have made it back from the table tennis. the royal albert hall is quite the thing to see. it dates back from 1836? (i think) and it is grand. as for the table tennis, we saw an amazing couple of matches. but first lets talk about how we got in. we didnt have tickets and the box office was closed. pete saw some people leaving and asked for their tickets. the obliged and we got into 4 row centre court tickets. it was quite the spectacle. anyways its was a good show...good little adventure!

tomorrow Arsenal stadium tour and Camden markets...

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edit: yesterday, we went to Spitlesfield markets. It was like going to portabello west but on a larger scale. think of a main street type market. we had fun, loads of great things to see, lots of inspiration for Allison! we even picked up a few local created items! also we checked out niketown. man it was pretty awesome, you have never seen so many crazy colour combinations for shoes! also i got my first look at the jordan 23. it is a great looking shoe..maybe i will have to add it to my collection! brief post...

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